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The piece evolved as I was drawing the dragon's details. I kept thinking of the cardinals that I was seeing on my bird feeders at home - that's where the dragon's red color and dark spots around the eyes came from. From that thought, I leapt to the idea that a catholic cardinal could be riding him. A dragon in the service of the church sounded interesting enough, and why not, religion is a strong element in the Spawn universe. It gave me a lot of opportunity for ornamentation and the motivation to saw down the dragon's horns and chain him to the monastery foundation.

Here's the first scribble. Photoshop:

The drawing gets more refined:

I painted a handful of random watercolor washes on paper, and scanned them at high resolution to use as my painting base in Photoshop. I think it gave the piece a stronger natural media feel than the usual brush textures I use.

And here's the piece at half-way. The first half of a painting is fast and fun, the rest is just massaging details. Blah.

Wow, love the concept, the colors and the tecniques! Nice work here, Chuck.
I really like the frame, the only thing that bother me is that strong white border, seems a little too regular and bright, but it's just my opinion.

Grade-fucking-A. Sweet concept, and thanks for the progression, I like the digital/realwatercolor/digital moves. Nice.

Look, you know what I mean. You take a bunch of people who don’t seem any different from you or me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.

Gotta say - honestly, I haven't been that crazy about the stuff you've posted on CA before - stylistically that is (I know you draw like a madman)- and not a big fan of dragons...but this piece is awesome, especially each of the steps down to the beginning doodle that can very well stand on their own...